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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-17
Washington letter.

Washington d. C. December 8 1887.
To the Editor Of Messenger.
Promptly at 12 noon of Monday, Clerk
of the House Clark, raped the House to
order and then proceeded with the roll
call to which 3l3 members answered.
Nominations for Speaker being next in
order. James G. Carlisle, of Kentucky
was nominated by Sunset Cox. of New
York, and Thomas B. Reed of Maine by
Mr.. Cannon. Of Illinois, on behald Of the
Republicans. The vote cast was 1863 for
Carlisle; 148 for Reed, and for Brum,
labor nominee. Mr.. Carlisle was then
declared elected and was escorted to the
Chair by Mr.. Cox. Of New York and Reed,
of Maine. Mr.. Kelly of Pennsylvania
being the Oldest member in service ad-
ministered the oath Of Office, when Mr..
Carlisle addressed the House and after
thanking the Members for the election
proceeded to impress upon them the nee
essity for q revision of the revenue laws
aud q reduction of taxation. The
election OF the other officers was then
proceeded with and resulted in the cleo
ton OF Jno. B. Clark Of Missouri, Clerk
tre-elected.) ], B. Leedon of Ohio Ser
geant at arms (re-electedD A. B. Hurt of
Mississippi. DoOrkeeper in place Of Mr..
Donelson; Lycurgus Dalton Postmaster
and the blind preacher ". H. Milburn
Chaplain. The next business was the
assignment Of members to seats and the
drawing began by a blind folded page
drawing slips Of papers having number
OF the seats thereon from hat as the
names Of the members were called in al
phabetical order. Very few of the MEN,
bers reelected got back their old seats
and many Of the best seats went to new
members. The only thing that caused
any excitement was the singing of the
long meteri dOxology by member of the
Salvation Army who arose in the gallery
and after calling aloud TO the members
to join in with him proceeded to sing 1t
himself and finished 1t before being ar
rested under orders from the Clerk of the
House. 1t was Immediately after roll
call and before the election of Speaker.
The members were at frs dumbfomded
out In moment apprec lated the situa-
ton and made the halls ring with peals
OF laughter. After the allotment of seats
the house adjourned.
Inc senate was called to order by Pre-
sident protein, ingalls, and after prayer
by the chaplain the following new eleted
senators were sworn in: Saml. Pasco.
Fla. (dem) Rufus BlOdgett. n. ]. (dem.)
WIN NJ. Bate. Tenn. (dem) VIM. Z. Chan |
der N. H. rep Jno. W. Daniel Va. dem
David Turpie, Ind. (dem.) NJ. S. Quay Pa
rep. Frank Hiscock n. Xrep. and J.H.
Reagan Texas dem. Mr.. HOar objected to
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-17
State of Louisiana Parish of St. Martin

StAte IOu1kldnd drIsH lfdItin
the undersigned Deputy Clerk OF the 2lst.
Judicial District Court. holding sessions in and
for the Parish of st. Martin, do hereby certify
that the foregoing order of court has been regu-
larly posted at the Court House door and duly
subscribed and recorded in the Minute Book of
said District Court Of the Parish of St. Martin,
and published as the law requires. In faith
whereof. have hereto signed my name and af-
ixed tho seal Of office at st. Martinsville, this
End day of Nov. A. ID. 1887.
WM Il. EASTIN. by. Clerk.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-17
Notice to Tax Payers.

Take notice that in accordance with Section
IS of Art. 70 of the General Assembly Of 1882,
your taxes for the year 1857 according to the Tax
Rolls on file in this Office and in the office Of the
Clerk Of Court ex-offcio Recorder OF Mortgages
Of the Parish of st. Martin are now due and col
lectab1e, and il not paid as the law directs on or
before the 3lst day of December A. ID. 1857 yOu
will become delinquents and the amount Of your
said taxes will then draw per cent interest per
month from the 3lst Of December until paid for
or the property thus assessed will be seized and
sold according to law.
Sherif's Office st. Martensville Parish OF 81.
Martin this 18th. day of October 1887.
T. L. BROUSSARD.
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Tax Collector.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
A Famous Defective.

James Jackson, tile Famous State de-
tective, resides in Sing Sing, and is
generally in attendance at the prison.
His duties are to examine carefully the
face of every convict as he enters, and
to scrutinize every visitor in order to
prevent any discharged convict from
seeing his pals. Occasionally he has to
make long journeys in pursuit OF runa-
way prisoners or to identify criminals
convicted in other States. lie never
makes a mistake, if once he looks a
man In the eye he will know him under
any disguise, as he tells his mar by the
look of his eyes. Once an escaped con-
Wet had his nose pared down one-third.
but jackson detected him at once, not
withstandIng this remarkable change
of feature. Mr.. Jackson Is about 5
feet 8 inches in height, about 30 years
old. of a light and sinewy build. with
black hair and piercing black eyes, and
is altogether remarkably handsome.
He knows about 10000 criminals, and
it is simply wonderful that he can dis
tinguish the features of every one. On
his long journeys he eats very moder-
ately and always takes one Brandreth
pill at night. When much fatlgued by
the jolting Of the cars on his tiresome
trips he uses two Allcock's Porous
Plasters on the small of his back, which
give him renewed vlgor and quickly re-
lleve him of all WEAKNESS. These are
the only two remedies he uses, and he
attributes his vigor and remarkable
health to Allcock's porous Plasters and
Brandreth's Pills. -Siog Sing, ~. T.,
DdiJy Register.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

KEEP UP THE ORCHARD--One OF
the most unpleasant, and we may say
lamentable, thing to witness upon a
farm is the gradual decay and disappear.
ance of the apple orchard, and no effort
made to set out a new one on ground
not hitherto used for that purpose. II
an idea is suggested in that direction
it is met with the ordinary reply that
if they did they would be doing work
for those who would come after them,
as they would probably not live to de-
rive any benefit from it, not remember.
ing that somebody had done it for
them. The selfshness ofthis view, were
it carried out in all cases, as a rule,
would seriously diminish the social adj
vantages of life, in which the mutual
interchanges OF benefit would be I'm"
recognized, and all would more or less
suffer instead of all being more OF less
profted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
SCIENTIFIC.


The Boston Herald thus describes al
electric mail box which the Boston To
Office authorities think OF adopting. 4
letter is left by a carrier in the street box
OF a business concern. AS the letter
drops into the box it completes an cleo
trio circuit, and a little bell contained
in a clock hanging IN the inner Office of
the firm rings, thus announcing the
presence Of the letter In the outer box.
AT the same time that the bell notifies
the a of the ARRIVAL of the letter In the
box without a little white disk falls
across an opening in the case of the
clock, thus conveying the intelligence
to the eye. A common electric battery
is used, an ordinary eight-day clock
employed, and the whole continuance is
very simple. 1t will Immediately notify
the occupant of an office several stories
above the street, or the occupant of q
lofty fat in an apartment hotel, or the
busy housewife, of the arrival Of the
letter, and will save the carrier many
needless steps and the vexatious delays
occasioned by people who viii not an
swer the door-bell.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
FARM NOTES.

How TO GET EGes IN WINTER
The farmer who leaves his poultry
to roost in the apple tree at the corner
Of the barn, and to pick up their living
at the pigs trough and in the Darn
yard, may occasionally get an egg
In winter. But as a matter OF fact
there is on most farms a great dearth
OF eggs from November to March.
With q warm shelter and suitable feed,
pullets that begins to lay In the fall n
will continue to lay through the win
ter. 1t is mainly a question Of feed.
The staple feed is Indian corn, es-
pecially in the West, because it is more
plentiful and convenient. 1t furnishes
plenty Of fat and keeps up the heat
of the fowls, but is poor In albumen
and the phosphates. They want a
variety of grain and vegetables. Most
farmers have milk, and if this can be
added it will be all they need. Butch
ers' s~crap-cake is good. and may safely
be kept in the poultry yard where the
fowls can help themselves at pleasure.
Boiled potatoes or tuInips, mashed and
mixed with Indian meal, make an ex-
cellent feed for laying hens. Fowls
are particularly fond.of cabbages and
turnips at all stages Of their growth,
and eat them raw greedily every day
if they can get them. We have found
so good results from feeding cabbages
to laying hens that we always lay IN a
large supply for the winter. Refuse
from the butchers and offal from the
fish market also furnish good material
for making eggs. There are accessible
to most villages and car be had at a
small cost. A hen is only a machine
for producing eggs. If you want the
finished product you must put the raw
material into the hopper. 1t should
not be forgotten that there is liberal
grinding going on in the gizzard, and
the laying bird should have free access
to gravel, with sharp grit, broken oyster
and clam shells, which assist in reduc-
ing the grain and form egg she'll.
With a plentiful supply Of egg-produc-
ing food, hens will lay well In winter,
when eggs bring the highest price.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
Suffering W0manhO0d.

TOO much effort cannot be made 10 bring to
the attention OF suffering womanhaod the great
value of Lydia E. Plnkham's vegetable Com
pound as a remedy for the diseases OF women.
Such an one is the wife Of General Barringer OF
Winston, N. c., and we quote from the Generals
letter as follows: "Dear Mrs. Plnkham: Please
allow me to add my testimony to the most excel
lent medicinal qualities OF your Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. Barrlnger was treated for several
years for what the physician called Leucorrhea
and Prolapsus Uteri combined. l sent her to
Richmond, Va, where she remained for SIX
months under the treatment OF an eminent Physi-
clan without any permanent benefit. She was in
duced to try your medicine and after reasonable
time commenced to improve and is now able TO
attend to her business and considers herself JaRy
relieved" General Barringer is the proprietor
of the American Hotel. Winston, N. C., and Is
widely known.l
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
cr..,Enguss Remedy.

A famous physician, many years age, win
the aid Of an English chemist, iormuiaseua
preparation which effected remarkaoie cures
OF flyer diseases, bile. indigestion, etc. az
from a small beginning there arose larssueSs
mand and sale for il, which hasever inereaSea
until, after generations have passed., us popos
larity has become worldwide. Inc naun9 q,
this celebrated remedy Is Cookies Ah'i-oi-
ious Pills. haooma
80 unlike any others, and who have ever since
resorted to their use in cases 81 need, conihe 81.
dalton is unnecessary. But to thoss t0no nare
not used them and hdrs no hilote.edge ~ uN"
wonderful rlrftiZs. tre nOtr tFrtt5 dtien5tonr
The use Of these pills In TIE onitea osa,ss =
already large. Their virtues have never varieu,
and win stand the test OF any climate. iHey
are advertised IN our olumns-fn op t IN great
praise bestowed upon them by high sutno.a-
ties renders It unnecessary, even olssss.
full, 70 sxtoi their merits beyond piain' unSar'
nished statements ...ton ~ anv hill.
sCockie's Anti-Bilious Pills, ana snoSia as.
for them Of their druggist. and II ne mas ns'
gotthem. insist that he should order shen e5pS-
cially for themselves of any wholesale oeater'
of whom they can be had.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Seek to converse in purity with your
own pure mind and with God. II
first and highest purity is that of tie
soul.
The good deeds of life are the notes
of a beautiful song which the angels
sing to us as we walk through the val
ley of the shadow OF death.
Love alone is wisdom, love alone is
power; and where love seems to fail, it
is where self has stepped between and
dulled the potency of its rays.
Lite has no wretchedness equal to an
Ill-sorted marriage-it is the sepulehre
of the heart, haunted by ghosts Of past
affections and hopes gone forever,
We gain nothing by beng with such
as ourselves. We encourage one anOth-
er in mediocrity. | am always longing
TO be with men more excellent than
myself.
To feel much for others, and little for
ourselves; to restrain u selfish, and
TO indulge our benevolent affections,
constitute the perfection of human ma.
ture.
Hope nothing from luck, and the
probability is that you will be so pre-
pared, so forewarned and forearmed,
that all shallow observers will call you
lucky.
Alasl it Is not till time with reckless
hand, has torn out half the leaves from
the book of human life, to light the fires
Of passion with from day to day, that
man begins to see that the leaves which
remain are few in number.
Were half of the effort made to i'm.
prove and perfect us in what we are
than we make to appear what we are
not, We should be more perfect men
and women than we are.
Character is the eternal temple that
each one begins to rear, yet death only
can complete. The finer the architec-
ture the more fit for the iLdwelling of
angels.
love truth because | love TO have
an apple thought to be an apple, and a
hand a hand, and the whole beauty and
hopefulness of Gods creation a truth
instead OF a lie.
Speak only to be true, and o will
hear truth speaking from heaven, and
from the earth, and to your own being.
Every n that Is of the truth heareth
her divine voice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
O.. M. d.

Walking down Broadway Is very pleas
ant when you feel well, and T. x
felt better than when his friend
asked him how he got over that severe
cough of his so speedily. "Ah. my boy"
said T. sc. NJ. d. did itr' And his
friend wondered what G. NJ. d. meant. He
knew 1t did not mean a Good Many Doc
tors, for T k had tried a dozen in
vain. 81 have it" said he, just hitting the
nail on the head, "you mean DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, or Gold Medal
Deserved as my friend j. s. always
dubs it." Sold by druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

Sir Henry Thompson. the eminent
English physician, declares that there
is no foundation whatever for the COM
mon notlOu that n 65h diet tends espec-
tally to feel the BARN. Nevertheless,
he recommends fish for brain workers,
because 1t contains in smaller proper
lions than meat those materials, which,
taken abundantly, demand much ply
steal labor for their complete consump-
ton, and which, without this, produce
an unhealthy body and a sluggish brain.
That is, fish is particularly suitable for
persons who are unable to take much
exercise.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
MORE WORDS or PRAISE.

Mr.. Horton Knight, a b~aggageman on the
y. Y. C. & II. r. r. r., who resides at No. 0
Riverdale street, this city, says:
81 have been troubled with rheumatism for
several years. This spring | had a very severe
attack of infammatory rheumatism and was
compelled to leave my train. l suffered in
tense pain. Ny arm md hand were badly
swollen anil inianed. | took various kinds
of medicine, but obtained no relief. I was
urged to try DIR. fardee's Remedy, but it was
with great reluctance that l did so, as / had
no faith whatever in it. But l am fully con-
WINGED from personal experience that it is a
positive cure for this dreaded disease, and /
can recommend it as a remedy worthy the
confidence of all. Am feeling better than l
have for ten years, and attribute it all to DIR.
Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy"
Pardee Medicine Co, Rochester, N. Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

For cleaning a greasy lnishing-hle
there is nothing better than a burning
over a forge fire or in the flame of an
alcohol lamp or a gas.flame. The burn
ing should be done by a gentle passage
to and fro through the flame. until the
grease on the file burns with a blaze.
Then the blaze should be blown out and
the file be carded. When cleaned, Dip
tho Gle into a jar of lye, and clean in
cold water,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

Germany possesses some green sands
peculiarly adapted to the founders pur-
pose, especially the Berlin sands, and
this fact doubtless accounts In a great
measure for the delicacy and superiority
of the production of the Berlin founders.
These Berlin sands are found in the
brown coal formation or in the diluvial
formation in the coal measures of Stet-
tin, etc,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

may be had by all who are sufficiently in
telligent and enterprising to embrace the
opportunities which occasionally are Of
fered them. Hallett 81 Co., Portland,
Maine, have something new to offer in the
line Of work which you can do for them, and
live at home, wherever you are located.
of over S. a day; several have made over
$50 in a single day. All ages; both sexes.
Capital not required; You are started free;
all particulars free. You had better write
to them at once.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

To CLEANSE OLD CLoTHEs.-The
most effective way, without injury to
the clothes by scrubbing, is to steep
them in warm water for about half an
hour, and use borax soap, rubbing it
well on the most soiled parts; wash
well in hot water and rinse two or
three times in cold. The clothes will
be winter and sweeter than by any
other a
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

"HENRY," said his Aunt Matilda,
at the close Of the performance,
''there's n thing I must speak to you
about. Don't you think it looks bad
for you to go out, as you do, between
actsp
"Why, aunt" replied the dull fellow,
"you wouldn't have me 60 out during
the performance? Think how II
~ould disturb the ~audlencep'.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

Miss L. A, Ormerod, England's well
known e~ntomologist, reports that her
many correspondents all agree that
sparrows will not feed on insects when
seeds, grain, fruit and other vegetable
food is within reach. She therefore
advocates a judlcious destruction Of tho
house sparrow for the protection Of
crops, but is careful to show that the
objection does not extend to other small
birds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

III. Carries, Professor Agrege at the
Faculty de Medicine of Bordeaux, has
recently reafirmed that the cod-liyer
oil which is lightest in color is the
purest and most easily assimilated.
The deep colors frequently seen IN cod
liver oil is owing to more or less putre-
fed livers having been used.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

TABLE CLOTHS should be but slight
ly starched, and folded lengthwise,
after ironing quite dry on the right
side, first down the middle, then put
ting each selYage edge 10 the centre,
pressing them down on the right side;
next placing the two double parts, thus
folded, together, and then doubling the
other way in the same manner.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
In the Spring

Nearly everybody needs a good medicine. Inc
Impurities which have accumulated In the BLOOD
during the cold months must be expelled, or Wnen
the mid days come, and the effect OF bracing ar
ia lost. the body IS liable to be overcome by dc
billy or some serious disease. The remarkable
success achieved by HOODS sarsaparilla, and the
many words Of praise 1t has received, make II
worthy your confidence.
ave have used Hoods sarsaparila for several
years, and feel proud to recommend it as an ex-
cellent spring medicine or TO be used at all times
as a blood purifier. For children as well as grown
people we consider 1t the best. We set aside one
bottle for our boy to take In the spring. He IS
nine years old aud has enjoyed good health ever
since W. began giving 1t to him." B. F. GROVER
Rochester, N. Il.
HOODS ~SARSAPARlLLA
Sold by all druggists 81; six for s.. Prepared only
by c. ]. HooD&Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

WATER-CREssEs.-Was well, pick
off decayed leaves and leave in ice
water until you are ready to eat them.
They shO uld then be shaken free of
wet AMI piled lightly in a glass dish,
Eat with salt. They are a plquant APP
petizer on sultry mornings and very
wholesome,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

APPLE BUTTER ROLL.-Make
dough as fer biscuit, only a little
shorter, roll until cne-half inch thick,
spread with apple butter, roll up. then
put a cloth around it, tie at each end
with a string, leaving the cloth loose
enough to have room to rise, and boil it
one hour, or one hour and a quarter if
large. 1t is to be rolled the same way
as jelly roll, and IS to be eaten warm
with sweet cream.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

We accidently overheard the following
Dialogue on the street yesterday.
Jones. Smith, why don't you stop that
disgusting hawking and splitting ?
Smith. How can I? You know / am a
martyr to catarrh.
j.. Do as / did. l had the disease in its
worst form but / am well now.
s. What did you do for It?
j. I used DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
1t cured me and 1t will cure you.
s. I've heard of it, and by Jove I'll try II.
j. Do SC. You'll find it at all the drug
stores in town.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

ELDERLY BEAU trying to scrape
an observation-disclosures Gay,
madame. Travelling alone?" Lady
(vivaciouslyl-"Oh. no, Pm going
down to Newport to be tried for Diga-
my. Those two gentlemen in the front
seat are my brothers, those IN the rear,
deputy sheriffs, and my two husbands
are in the smoking car"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

Professor Ncunayer, of Hamburg,
urges the necessity Of Antarctic explo-
ration, laying special stress on its I'M
portance for geology and paleontology.
He anticipates that it will show that
the South Pole was q centre of disper-
sion of animals and plants for the
Southern Hemisphere as the North Pole
Is believed to have been for the North
ern,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
"~ConstantIy Hawking and spining.'

THOMAS J. RUSHING, Esq, s9os Pine Street,
50. Louis, Mo-, writes: 81 was a great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times l could
hardly breathe, inc was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. /
ilv. i was advised to try DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and / am now a well man. ] believe
IL to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it a
fair trial to experience astounding results and
a p~ermanent cure"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
SPARKS FROM THE RAILS.
What the Employees of he Central-Hud-
son Railroad have TO Say about DIR.
Pardee's Remedy.

son Railroad have TO Say about DIR.
Pardee's Remedy.
Rochester, May %, 1886.
Pdrdee Medicine Co:
GENrs:-T desire to express to you some
thing Of my feelings Of gratitude for b
your remedy has done for me. For 1-teen
years I have suffered greatly with neuralgia.
At times the pain has been SO intense that
death would have been a welcome relief. 1t
affected my eyes to such an extent that for a
time I was totally blind and gave up all
hope of recovery, no treatment I could pro-
cure affording me even temporary relief. I
have used DR.. Pardees Rheumatic Remedy
for several months and to-dayH am as well
and as free from all neuralgia pains as when
a boy.
DR.. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy has cured
me and I am positive it will cure any case of
neuralgia or rheumatism, and l shall recon-
mend it to all.
would not again suffer what ! have for
five thousand dollars.
Yours respectfully, D. w. MILLER,
Engineer, N. Y. c. Sc H. R. T. R.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

A French commission has found that
the most violent explosion in mines oc-
ours when there are thirteen parts OF
alr to 100 of fire-damp, and that above
or below this the force dimiHishes.
When the mixture is below seven parts
in 100, or below is in 100, the gas SIM
ply burns.